{"id":33893,"date":"2019-06-21T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/?p=33893"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:20:00","slug":"the-little-prince-elegance-and-grand-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/non-classe-en-en\/the-little-prince-elegance-and-grand-complications.html","title":{"rendered":"The Little Prince : elegance and Grand Complications"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aviation theme continues with Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, a French writer and aviator who disappeared in 1944 over the Mediterranean, and whose eponymous foundation has been partnered by IWC since 2005. The Schaffhausen-based Manufacture supports the Foundation\u2019s commitment to combating illiteracy and educating children in difficulty, in particular through the auctioning of unique \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d Pilot\u2019s Watches.<\/p>\n

This year, IWC unveils two new \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d models and is once again demonstrating its capacity for innovation with several firsts. The Big Pilot\u2019s Tourbillon limited edition is the first Pilot\u2019s watch to feature a constant-force tourbillon, as well as the first IWC watch made of \u201chard gold\u201d, a special 5N gold alloy that is much more resistant than classic 5N gold. Positioned between 12 and 2 o\u2019clock, the moon phase that will remain accurate for the next 577.5 years is adorned with the traditional image of the Little Prince, scarf flying in the wind, standing out against a starry sky of the same deep blue as the dial, the typical color of the \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d models. Ten of these timepieces are also available in platinum. The Pilot\u2019s Watch Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, in 5N gold, is a 250-piece limited edition combining for the first time these two complications within a Pilot\u2019s Watch. The day, month and date are read off in three counters, the year appears in a small window at 8 o\u2019clock, and the moon phase is integrated in the 12 o\u2019clock chronograph counter. The elegance of this timepiece continues on the back, with the 18-carat gold openwork oscillating weight and the carefully decorated IWC 89630 caliber visible through the sapphire crystal.<\/p>\n

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Pilot\u2019s Watch Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Edition \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

CASE :<\/strong> 18K 5N gold, sapphire crystal and caseback, water-resistant to 60m<\/p>\n

SIZE :<\/strong> 43mm, 15.9mm thick<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical self-winding IWC Caliber 89630, 28,800 vph, 68h power reserve, red oscillating weight<\/p>\n

FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, date, day, month, year, moon phases, flyback chronograph<\/p>\n

DIAL :<\/strong> blue with luminescent gold-plated hands<\/p>\n

STRAP :<\/strong> brown calfskin<\/p>\n

250-PIECE LIMITED EDITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Big Pilot\u2019s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition \u201cLe Petit Prince\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

CASE :<\/strong> hard gold or platinum, sapphire crystal resistant to depressurization, sapphire back, water-resistant to 60m<\/p>\n

SIZE :<\/strong> 46.3mm, 13.5mm thick<\/p>\n

MOVEMENT :<\/strong> mechanical manual-winding IWC Caliber 94805, 18,000, 96h power reserve, constant-force tourbillon FUNCTIONS :<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, moon phases, power reserve, tourbillon<\/p>\n

DIAL :<\/strong> blue, luminescent gold-plated or rhodium-plated hands<\/p>\n

STRAP :<\/strong> brown calfskin<\/p>\n

LIMITED EDITION : 10 in hard gold and 10 in platinum<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The aviation theme continues with Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, a French writer and aviator who disappeared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":33884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33894,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33893\/revisions\/33894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}